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POLICEMAN'S GLOVE Filed May 15, 1964 Clei'uSPTur-nldge LillianAT. Turnidge INVENTOR.

BY @m Hgeni United States Patent 3,258,782 POLICEMANS GLOVE Cletus P. Turnidge and Lillian A. Turnidge, both of Rte. 2, Box 573, Boring, Oreg. Filed May 13, 1964, Ser. No. 366,958 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-161) This invention relates to gloves, and more particularly to a weighted glove for use by law enforcement personnel. The present invention represents an improvement over the policemans glove construction disclosed in our earlier Patent No. 3,108,285.

It is frequently necessary for law enforcement ofiicers to use physical force in quelling disturbances, effecting arrests and other similar circumstances. Saps or night sticks are commonly employed for this purpose and, under extenuating circumstances it is sometimes necessary to use the fists. Although such devices inflict minimum marking or other injury, the connotation of brutality associated with them oftentimes brings scorn and indignation from onlookers.

In one of the embodiments of the policemans glove disclosed in our earlier patent identified above, a laterally compartmented inner sack containing powdered lead or other suitably heavy material, is contained in a main pocket provided on the back side of the glove in an intermediate transverse area overlying the first knuckles of the hand. Although this glove functions adequately for the purpose intended, there is sufiicient restriction to the flexing of the fingers at the first joint, that the ability to make a fist of the hand and to otherwise manipulate the fingers, is somewhat impaired.

Accordingly, it is the principal object of the present invention to provide .a policemans glove in which weighting material is incorporated in the area overlying the first knuckles of the hand while still accommodating substantially unrestricted articulation of the first knuckles as well as the other knuckles outwardly thereof.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a weighted glove by which a law enforcement oflicer may quickly subdue a person simply by an unobtrusive open-handled slap.

Still another important object of this invention is to provide for law enforcement personnel a glove which is weighted with heavy material in powdered form, whereby its use as a sap does not result in marking or other injury to a troublemaker.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a weighted glove for law enforcement personnel, which glove has all the appearances of a conventional glove and may be worn without encumbening the normal use of the hands for driving, writing, etc.

A further important object of the present invention is the provision of a weighted glove for law enforcement personnel, which glove is of economical construction and is capable of long and severe use.

The foregoing .and other objects and advantages of this invention will appear from the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the back side of a glove embodying features of the present invention and showing in dotted outline the configuration and position of the weight containing compartment;

FIG. 2- is a fragmentary sectional view taken along the the line 22 in FIG. 1 and showing the internal construction of the weight containing compartment of the glove; and

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary side view of a hand drawn to form a fist, and showing in dash lines the position of the weight containing compartment of the glove of the 3,258,782 Patented July 5, 1966 ice present invention relative to the first .and second knuckles of the hand.

In its basic concept, the present invention involves the incorporation with a conventional glove of a rnidsection weighted with heavy material in powdered or otherwise minutely particulate form and positioned on the back side of the glove and extending over an area which terminates at its rearward end just rearwardly of the first knuckles of the fingers and which terminates at its forward end just rearwardly :of the second knuckles of the fingers.

In the drawing there is shown a conventional glove provided with finger compartments 10, -12, 14, 16 and a thumb compartment 18 projecting appropriately from an intermediate portion of the glove body 20 which covers the palm and back side of the hand. The rearward portion of the glove body covers the wrist area, in conventional manner.

In accordance with the present invention a peripherally sealed pocket is provided on the back side of the glove, in the area defined by the stitching 22 (FIG. 2) which secures the underlying strip 24 of leather or other suitably flexible and imperforate material to the inner surface of the back side of the glove. Thus, referring to FIG. 1, the rearward side of the pocket area is defined by the stitching line 26 which extends transversely across the back side of the glove body just rearwardly of the first knuckles 28 of the hand (FIG. 3). The lateral sides of the pocket area are defined by the stitching lines 30 and 32, respectively, which extend forwardly from the lateral ends of the line 26 along the outer sides of the little finger compartment 10 and index finger compartment 16, respectively. The forward end of the pocket area is defined by stitching that extends from the forward ends of the lines 30 and 32 laterally across the little and index finger compartments 10 and 16 along lines 34 and 36 just rearward of the second knuckles 38 of the little and index fingers, respectively, thence rearward along lines 40 and 42 at the inner sides of the little and index finger compartments to the bases thereof, thence forward along lines 44 and 46 at the outer sides of the middle finger compartments 12 and 14, thence laterally across these finger compartments along lines 48 and 50 just rearward of the second knuckles 38 of the middle fingers, and finally rearward along lines 52 and 54 at the inner sides of the middle finger compartment-s to the bases thereof.

In the preferred embodiment illustrated there is confined within the aforementioned pocket an inner sack 56 conforming substantially to the outline of the main pocket. This inner snack also preferably is secured within the main pocket by means of the same stitching '22 which secures the underlying strip 24 of material to the inner surface of the back side of the glove body.

The inner sack contains .an appropriate quantity of powdered or otherwise finely particulate lead or other suitably heavy material 58 such as the metals copper, iron, nickel and alloys containing them. The amount of powdered material may be varied as desired, although it has been found that five or six ounces are quite suitable for the intended purpose. The inner sack is made of cloth or other suitably flexible material which also is sufiiciently imperforate to confine the powdered heavy material within it. The periphery of the sack pocket is defined by the stitching 60 which is located slightly inward of the peripheral margin of the sack. In this manner the sack may be secured within the main pocket by extending through the marginal portion between the stitching 60 and the periphery the same stitching 22 which secures the underlying strip of material to the inner surface of the back side of the glove.

It will be understood that the inner sack may be omitted if the stitching 22 or other suitable means insures an imperfiorate margin seal for the main pocket. In this case the quantity of powdered lead or other heavy material 58 is contained directly in the main pocket.

It is to be noted that the quantity of powdered material is confined within an area which extends from just rearward of the first knuckles 28, thus covering the latter, to a point just rearward of the second knuckles 38, thus not covering the latter. It is by this means that a suflieient quantity of the heavy material may be incorporated into the glove while still affording complete articulation of the fingers, without restriction. Thus, 21- though the glove is intended to be used normally for an open-handed blow, the position of the powder-containing pocket in the area described permits the hand to be closed for delivering a fist blow, if necessary. In either case the additional weight enhances the force of the blow, and the powdered form of the heavy material prevents marking or other injury. The powdered form of the heavy material also renders the glove completely flexible, permitting normal use of the hand and fingers, and al lowingthe glove to be folded for storage in a pocket.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made in the details of cons-truction described hereinbefore without departing from the spirit of this invention and the scope of the appended claim.

Having now described our invention and the manner in which it may be used, what we claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

A law enforcement glove comprising a glove body having flexible finger and thumb compartments and palm and back portion-s rearward'ly of the finger compartments, means forming in the back section and the back side of the finger compartments a pocket extending transversely of the glove body between a rearward end substantially immediately rearward of the first knuckles of the fingers to a forward end substantially immediately rearward of the second knuckles of the fingers, and a powdered heavy material filling and being confined Within the pocket, whereby when the glove is worn on the hand the powdered heavy material overlies the first knuckles of the finger-s and extends forwardly along the latter to a point substantially immediately rearward of the second knuckles.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,108,285 10/1963 Turnidge et .al 2-161 FOREIGN PATENTS 97,224 6/1923 Austria.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

G. V. LARKIN, Assistant Examiner. 

